Miss Miho Wakasugi, South Asian coordinating officer of the Kobe International University (KIU), Japan visited the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) on 05th December 2023. It is a private university established in 1968 by its founder, Rev. Hinsuke Yashiro, Prime Bishop of the Anglican Church in Japan, based on the spirit of Christianity and advocating the...Read More

Students and academics of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences assisted in conducting the COVID-19 vaccination program arranged for the community of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The vaccination initially covered the students of faculties Allied and Medical Sciences. This project was organized by the Faculty of Medical Sciences and was...Read More

B.Sc. Nursing and B.Sc. MLS graduates who passed out from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences volunteered in conducting PCR tests for staff members and students of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura at the Family Practice Centre during August 2021 of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ms. Shanika Hansani Kumari Panagoda, Mr. Thilan Dinusha Wimalaweera, Mr. Herath...Read More

Two articles were published by Prof. Jayantha Wijayabandara, Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Daily News and Lankadeepa to educate the public on the immunomodulatory effects of traditional medicines. In these articles, Prof. Wijayabandara expressed safe and attractive strategies to combat COVID-19 virus using traditional medicines. The English version of the article can...Read More

Prof. Jayantha Wiajaybandara, Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura was recently invited to deliver a speech on ‘Ethnomedicine Inspired Drug Development – Issues and Challenges’ at the 8th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFEC 2021) held on a virtual platform at Pune...Read More

The first official batch of students (2019/2020 intake) was enrolled to the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences in June 2021. The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences obtained faculty status in January 2019 and till then functioned as a Department in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. This time, the intake of students was doubled to provide...Read More

The General Research Committee (GRC), Section A, and Committee for Popularization of Science (CPS) of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLASS) in collaboration with the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences organized a webinar on scientific writing and publishing on 28th May 2021 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon via zoom for undergraduates...Read More

A series of workshops were organized by the Staff Development Committee of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, USJ aiming to improve teaching and research skills of academics of the faculty to face the ‘new normal’. A workshop on ‘Introduction of personal and professional development programs for Allied Health Sciences undergraduates’ resourced by Prof. Madhawa...Read More

The commencement lecture for the 2019/20 intake of Allied Health Sciences students of University of Sri Jayewardenepura was held on 12th of July 2021 at Senate Board Room of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. It was conducted by Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe, who is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Colombo and a Consultant to the...Read More

The inauguration ceremony of the Orientation program of the 2019/2020 Batch of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura was held on 9th June 2021 online from 9.00 a.m. onwards. It was a memorable day for the faculty and the students as this is the first batch of students to get registered with...Read More